The story takes place a year after the events of the first film, when Tom, brother of the originalís ill-fated Jesse, returns home from military service to learn that Jesse and his girlfriend Nicole have been missing. Joined by pals Marilyn and Jared, Tom traces the coupleís trail, which leads to the rest stop where they were terrorized by the evil driver in the yellow pickup truck. The psycho reappears to kidnap and torture Tom while Marilyn and Jared encounter the weird Winnebago family, as well as the ghost of Nicole.